5 Quotes & Sayings By Lionel Blue

Author of The Legacy of J.A. Hill (1952), The Starchild (1952), and The Asylum of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1959) Read more

He was also the author of many other works, including The Enchantress of Florence, the International Edition. Born in England, he moved to the US in 1904, lived in New York City for nearly fifty years, and died in Florida in 1981 at the age of 87.

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The real evidence for Jesus and Christianity is in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practicing Christians. Lionel Blue
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I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls. Lionel Blue
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To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies. Lionel Blue
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I didn't want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didn't want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs. Lionel Blue